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By vovuh, history, 4 years ago, translation, In English

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Hello! Codeforces Round 629 (Div. 3) will start at Mar/26/2020 17:35 (Moscow time). You will be offered 6 or 7 problems (or 8) with expected difficulties to compose an interesting competition for participants with ratings up to 1600. However, all of you who wish to take part and have rating 1600 or higher, can register for the round unofficially.

The round will be hosted by rules of educational rounds (extended ACM-ICPC). Thus, during the round, solutions will be judged on preliminary tests, and after the round it will be a 12-hour phase of open hacks. I tried to make strong tests — just like you will be upset if many solutions fail after the contest is over.

You will be given 6 or 7 (or 8) problems and 2 hours to solve them.

Note that the penalty for the wrong submission in this round (and the following Div. 3 rounds) is 10 minutes.

Remember that only the trusted participants of the third division will be included in the official standings table. As it is written by link, this is a compulsory measure for combating unsporting behavior. To qualify as a trusted participants of the third division, you must:

  • take part in at least two rated rounds (and solve at least one problem in each of them),
  • do not have a point of 1900 or higher in the rating.

Regardless of whether you are a trusted participant of the third division or not, if your rating is less than 1600, then the round will be rated for you.

Thanks to MikeMirzayanov for the platform, help with ideas for problems and for coordination of my work. Thanks to my good friends Daria nooinenoojno Stepanova, Mikhail awoo Piklyaev, Maksim Neon Mescheryakov and Ivan BledDest Androsov for help in round preparation and testing the round.

Good luck!

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Thanks to Artem Rox Plotkin and Dmitrii _overrated_ Umnov for help with testing the round!

UPD: Also thanks to Vitaliy kuviman Kudasov for testing the round!

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By vovuh, history, 4 years ago, In English

Suddendly, all ideas of this contest are mine. And I'm very sorry about one missing small test in the problem B. This is the biggest mistake I made during the preparation of this round.

1324A - Yet Another Tetris Problem

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1324B - Yet Another Palindrome Problem

Tutorial
Solution

1324C - Frog Jumps

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Solution

1324D - Pair of Topics

Tutorial
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1324E - Sleeping Schedule

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1324F - Maximum White Subtree

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By vovuh, history, 4 years ago, translation, In English

UPD: Pay attention to the changed start time of the competition.

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Hello! Codeforces Round 627 (Div. 3) will start at 12.03.2020 16:05 (Московское время). You will be offered 6 or 7 problems (or 8) with expected difficulties to compose an interesting competition for participants with ratings up to 1600. However, all of you who wish to take part and have rating 1600 or higher, can register for the round unofficially.

The round will be hosted by rules of educational rounds (extended ACM-ICPC). Thus, during the round, solutions will be judged on preliminary tests, and after the round it will be a 12-hour phase of open hacks. I tried to make strong tests — just like you will be upset if many solutions fail after the contest is over.

You will be given 6 or 7 (or 8) problems and 2 hours to solve them.

Note that the penalty for the wrong submission in this round (and the following Div. 3 rounds) is 10 minutes.

Remember that only the trusted participants of the third division will be included in the official standings table. As it is written by link, this is a compulsory measure for combating unsporting behavior. To qualify as a trusted participants of the third division, you must:

  • take part in at least two rated rounds (and solve at least one problem in each of them),
  • do not have a point of 1900 or higher in the rating.

Regardless of whether you are a trusted participant of the third division or not, if your rating is less than 1600, then the round will be rated for you.

Thanks to MikeMirzayanov for the platform, help with ideas for problems and for coordination of my work. Thanks to my good friends Daria nooinenoojno Stepanova, Mikhail awoo Piklyaev, Maksim Neon Mescheryakov and Ivan BledDest Androsov for help in round preparation and testing the round.

Good luck!

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Thanks to Artem Rox Plotkin and Dmitrii _overrated_ Umnov for help with testing the round!

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By vovuh, history, 4 years ago, In English

1311A - Add Odd or Subtract Even

Idea: vovuh

Tutorial
Solution

1311B - WeirdSort

Idea: MikeMirzayanov

Tutorial
Solution (n^2)
Solution (n log n)

1311C - Perform the Combo

Idea: vovuh

Tutorial
Solution

1311D - Three Integers

Idea: MikeMirzayanov

Tutorial
Solution

1311E - Construct the Binary Tree

Idea: MikeMirzayanov

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1311F - Moving Points

Idea: vovuh

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By vovuh, history, 4 years ago, translation, In English

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Hello! Codeforces Round 624 (Div. 3) will start at Feb/24/2020 17:35 (Moscow time). You will be offered 6 or 7 problems (or 8) with expected difficulties to compose an interesting competition for participants with ratings up to 1600. However, all of you who wish to take part and have rating 1600 or higher, can register for the round unofficially.

The round will be hosted by rules of educational rounds (extended ACM-ICPC). Thus, during the round, solutions will be judged on preliminary tests, and after the round it will be a 12-hour phase of open hacks. I tried to make strong tests — just like you will be upset if many solutions fail after the contest is over.

You will be given 6 or 7 (or 8) problems and 2 hours to solve them.

Note that the penalty for the wrong submission in this round (and the following Div. 3 rounds) is 10 minutes.

Remember that only the trusted participants of the third division will be included in the official standings table. As it is written by link, this is a compulsory measure for combating unsporting behavior. To qualify as a trusted participants of the third division, you must:

  • take part in at least two rated rounds (and solve at least one problem in each of them),
  • do not have a point of 1900 or higher in the rating.

Regardless of whether you are a trusted participant of the third division or not, if your rating is less than 1600, then the round will be rated for you.

Thanks to MikeMirzayanov for the platform, help with ideas for problems and for coordination of my work. Thanks to my good friends Daria nooinenoojno Stepanova, Mikhail awoo Piklyaev, Maksim Neon Mescheryakov and Ivan BledDest Androsov for help in round preparation and testing the round.

Good luck!

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Thanks to Artem Rox Plotkin and Dmitrii _overrated_ Umnov for help with testing the round!

UPD: It turned out that in the problem C, such a test exists that the answer overflows 32-bit integer type (int). Since such a test was not in the test set, many participants made such a mistake. We decided to forbid such tests, additionally guaranteeing that the answer fits in int.

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By vovuh, history, 4 years ago, In English

1296A - Array with Odd Sum

Idea: vovuh

Tutorial
Solution

1296B - Food Buying

Idea: vovuh

Tutorial
Solution

1296C - Yet Another Walking Robot

Idea: MikeMirzayanov

Tutorial
Solution

1296D - Fight with Monsters

Inspiration: 300iq, idea: vovuh

Tutorial
Solution

1296E1 - String Coloring (easy version)

Idea: MikeMirzayanov

Tutorial
Solution (dp)
Solution (greedy)

1296E2 - String Coloring (hard version)

Idea: MikeMirzayanov

Tutorial
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1296F - Berland Beauty

Idea: MikeMirzayanov

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By vovuh, history, 4 years ago, translation, In English

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Hello! Codeforces Round 617 (Div. 3) will start at Feb/04/2020 17:35 (Moscow time). You will be offered 6 or 7 problems (or 8) with expected difficulties to compose an interesting competition for participants with ratings up to 1600. However, all of you who wish to take part and have rating 1600 or higher, can register for the round unofficially.

The round will be hosted by rules of educational rounds (extended ACM-ICPC). Thus, during the round, solutions will be judged on preliminary tests, and after the round it will be a 12-hour phase of open hacks. I tried to make strong tests — just like you will be upset if many solutions fail after the contest is over.

You will be given 6 or 7 (or 8) problems and 2 hours to solve them.

Note that the penalty for the wrong submission in this round (and the following Div. 3 rounds) is 10 minutes.

Remember that only the trusted participants of the third division will be included in the official standings table. As it is written by link, this is a compulsory measure for combating unsporting behavior. To qualify as a trusted participants of the third division, you must:

  • take part in at least two rated rounds (and solve at least one problem in each of them),
  • do not have a point of 1900 or higher in the rating.

Regardless of whether you are a trusted participant of the third division or not, if your rating is less than 1600, then the round will be rated for you.

Thanks to MikeMirzayanov for the platform, help with ideas for problems and for coordination of my work. Thanks to my good friends Daria nooinenoojno Stepanova, Mikhail awoo Piklyaev, Maksim Neon Mescheryakov and Ivan BledDest Androsov for help in round preparation and testing the round.

Good luck!

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By vovuh, history, 4 years ago, In English

Thanks to Rox and _overrated_ for help with problem ideas and preparation!

1294A - Collecting Coins

Idea: MikeMirzayanov

Tutorial
Solution

1294B - Collecting Packages

Idea: MikeMirzayanov

Tutorial
Solution

1294C - Product of Three Numbers

Idea: MikeMirzayanov

Tutorial
Solution

1294D - MEX maximizing

Idea: vovuh

Tutorial
Solution

1294E - Obtain a Permutation

Idea: vovuh

Tutorial
Solution

1294F - Three Paths on a Tree

Idea: MikeMirzayanov

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By vovuh, history, 4 years ago, translation, In English

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Hello! Codeforces Round 615 (Div. 3) will start at Jan/22/2020 17:35 (Moscow time). You will be offered 6 or 7 problems (or 8) with expected difficulties to compose an interesting competition for participants with ratings up to 1600. However, all of you who wish to take part and have rating 1600 or higher, can register for the round unofficially.

The round will be hosted by rules of educational rounds (extended ACM-ICPC). Thus, during the round, solutions will be judged on preliminary tests, and after the round it will be a 12-hour phase of open hacks. I tried to make strong tests — just like you will be upset if many solutions fail after the contest is over.

You will be given 6 or 7 (or 8) problems and 2 hours to solve them.

Note that the penalty for the wrong submission in this round (and the following Div. 3 rounds) is 10 minutes.

Remember that only the trusted participants of the third division will be included in the official standings table. As it is written by link, this is a compulsory measure for combating unsporting behavior. To qualify as a trusted participants of the third division, you must:

  • take part in at least two rated rounds (and solve at least one problem in each of them),
  • do not have a point of 1900 or higher in the rating.

Regardless of whether you are a trusted participant of the third division or not, if your rating is less than 1600, then the round will be rated for you.

Thanks to MikeMirzayanov for the platform, help with ideas for problems and for coordination of my work. Thanks to my good friends Daria nooinenoojno Stepanova, Mikhail awoo Piklyaev, Maksim Neon Mescheryakov and Ivan BledDest Androsov for help in round preparation and testing the round.

Good luck!

I also would like to say that participants who will submit wrong solutions on purpose and hack them afterwards (example) will not be shown in the hacking leaders table.

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This is unusual, but good news! Our friends at Harbour.Space have a message for you:

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Hi Codeforces!

As a special prize for the Codeforces Round #615, we would like to invite the top 3 participants to take part in our Hello Muscat ICPC Programming Bootcamp, which will take place in Oman, from March 19 to March 25, 2020. The prize will cover the participation fee, accommodation, and half-board meals for the entire duration of the bootcamp (except flights)!

There are three requirements to satisfy:

  • You took part in at least 10 rated contests on Codeforces
  • Your max rating should be less than 1900
  • You should be eligible for ICPC and/or IOI 2020+
Fill out the form→

So unofficial participants are also in a game (if meet the requirements).

Good luck to everyone!

UPD: I want to thank Artem Rox Plotkin and Dmitrii _overrated_ Umnov for invaluable help with the round preparation!

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By vovuh, history, 4 years ago, In English

All problems were proposed by Mikhail MikeMirzayanov Mirzayanov.

1283A - Minutes Before the New Year

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Solution

1283B - Candies Division

Tutorial
Solution

1283C - Friends and Gifts

Tutorial
Solution

1283D - Christmas Trees

Tutorial
Solution

1283E - New Year Parties

Tutorial
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1283F - DIY Garland

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By vovuh, history, 4 years ago, translation, In English

Pay attention to the unusual round start time.

UPD: We cannot determine difficulty of some problems thus we recommend you to read all problems and think about each of them.

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Hello! Codeforces Round 611 (Div. 3) will start at Dec/28/2019 20:05 (Moscow time). You will be offered 6 or 7 problems (or 8) with expected difficulties to compose an interesting competition for participants with ratings up to 1600. However, all of you who wish to take part and have rating 1600 or higher, can register for the round unofficially.

The round will be hosted by rules of educational rounds (extended ACM-ICPC). Thus, during the round, solutions will be judged on preliminary tests, and after the round it will be a 12-hour phase of open hacks. I tried to make strong tests — just like you will be upset if many solutions fail after the contest is over.

You will be given 6 or 7 (or 8) problems and 2 hours to solve them.

Note that the penalty for the wrong submission in this round (and the following Div. 3 rounds) is 10 minutes.

Remember that only the trusted participants of the third division will be included in the official standings table. As it is written by link, this is a compulsory measure for combating unsporting behavior. To qualify as a trusted participants of the third division, you must:

  • take part in at least two rated rounds (and solve at least one problem in each of them),
  • do not have a point of 1900 or higher in the rating.

Regardless of whether you are a trusted participant of the third division or not, if your rating is less than 1600, then the round will be rated for you.

Thanks to MikeMirzayanov for the platform, help with ideas for problems and for coordination of my work. Thanks to my good friends Daria nooinenoojno Stepanova, Mikhail awoo Piklyaev, Maksim Neon Mescheryakov and Ivan BledDest Androsov for help in round preparation and testing the round.

Good luck!

I also would like to say that participants who will submit wrong solutions on purpose and hack them afterwards (example) will not be shown in the hacking leaders table.

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By vovuh, history, 4 years ago, In English

All ideas except the problem C belong to MikeMirzayanov. The author of C is Rox.

Special thanks to _overrated_ for the invaluable help with the round preparation!

1272A - Three Friends

Tutorial
Solution

1272B - Snow Walking Robot

Tutorial
Solution

1272C - Yet Another Broken Keyboard

Tutorial
Solution

1272D - Remove One Element

Tutorial
Solution

1272E - Nearest Opposite Parity

Tutorial
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1272F - Two Bracket Sequences

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By vovuh, history, 4 years ago, translation, In English

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Hello! Codeforces Round 605 (Div. 3) will start at Dec/12/2019 16:35 (Moscow time). You will be offered 6 or 7 problems (or 8) with expected difficulties to compose an interesting competition for participants with ratings up to 1600. However, all of you who wish to take part and have rating 1600 or higher, can register for the round unofficially.

The round will be hosted by rules of educational rounds (extended ACM-ICPC). Thus, during the round, solutions will be judged on preliminary tests, and after the round it will be a 12-hour phase of open hacks. I tried to make strong tests — just like you will be upset if many solutions fail after the contest is over.

You will be given 6 or 7 (or 8) problems and 2 hours to solve them.

Note that the penalty for the wrong submission in this round (and the following Div. 3 rounds) is 10 minutes.

Remember that only the trusted participants of the third division will be included in the official standings table. As it is written by link, this is a compulsory measure for combating unsporting behavior. To qualify as a trusted participants of the third division, you must:

  • take part in at least two rated rounds (and solve at least one problem in each of them),
  • do not have a point of 1900 or higher in the rating.

Regardless of whether you are a trusted participant of the third division or not, if your rating is less than 1600, then the round will be rated for you.

Thanks to MikeMirzayanov for the platform, help with ideas for problems and for coordination of my work. Thanks to my good friends Daria nooinenoojno Stepanova, Mikhail awoo Piklyaev, Maksim Neon Mescheryakov and Ivan BledDest Androsov for help in round preparation and testing the round.

Good luck!

I also would like to say that participants who will submit wrong solutions on purpose and hack them afterwards (example) will not be shown in the hacking leaders table.

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UPD: Great thanks to Artem Rox Plotkin and Dmitrii _overrated_ Umnov for testing the round and help with bugs fixing! Artem is also proposed one of the problems for today's round!

UPD: Editorial is published!

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By vovuh, history, 4 years ago, In English

1256A - Payment Without Change

Idea: MikeMirzayanov

Tutorial
Solution

1256B - Minimize the Permutation

Idea: vovuh

Tutorial
Solution

1256C - Platforms Jumping

Idea: MikeMirzayanov

Tutorial
Solution

1256D - Binary String Minimizing

Idea: MikeMirzayanov

Tutorial
Solution

1256E - Yet Another Division Into Teams

Idea: MikeMirzayanov

Tutorial
Solution

1256F - Equalizing Two Strings

Idea: vovuh

Tutorial
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By vovuh, history, 4 years ago, translation, In English

UPD: The editorial is published!

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Hello! Codeforces Round 598 (Div. 3) will start at Nov/04/2019 16:15 (Moscow time). You will be offered 6 or 7 problems (or 8) with expected difficulties to compose an interesting competition for participants with ratings up to 1600. However, all of you who wish to take part and have rating 1600 or higher, can register for the round unofficially.

The round will be hosted by rules of educational rounds (extended ACM-ICPC). Thus, during the round, solutions will be judged on preliminary tests, and after the round it will be a 12-hour phase of open hacks. I tried to make strong tests — just like you will be upset if many solutions fail after the contest is over.

You will be given 6 or 7 (or 8) problems and 2 hours to solve them.

Note that the penalty for the wrong submission in this round (and the following Div. 3 rounds) is 10 minutes.

Remember that only the trusted participants of the third division will be included in the official standings table. As it is written by link, this is a compulsory measure for combating unsporting behavior. To qualify as a trusted participants of the third division, you must:

  • take part in at least two rated rounds (and solve at least one problem in each of them),
  • do not have a point of 1900 or higher in the rating.

Regardless of whether you are a trusted participant of the third division or not, if your rating is less than 1600, then the round will be rated for you.

Thanks to MikeMirzayanov for the platform, help with ideas for problems and for coordination of my work. Thanks to my good friends Daria nooinenoojno Stepanova, Mikhail awoo Piklyaev, Maksim Neon Mescheryakov and Ivan BledDest Androsov for help in round preparation and testing the round.

Good luck!

I also would like to say that participants who will submit wrong solutions on purpose and hack them afterwards (example) will not be shown in the hacking leaders table.

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By vovuh, history, 4 years ago, In English

All ideas belong to MikeMirzayanov.

1249A - Yet Another Dividing into Teams

Tutorial
Solution

1249B1 - Books Exchange (easy version)

Tutorial
Solution

1249B2 - Books Exchange (hard version)

Tutorial
Solution

1249C1 - Good Numbers (easy version)

Tutorial
Solution

1249C2 - Good Numbers (hard version)

Tutorial
Solution

1249D1 - Too Many Segments (easy version)

Tutorial
Solution

1249D2 - Too Many Segments (hard version)

Tutorial
Solution

1249E - By Elevator or Stairs?

Tutorial
Solution

1249F - Maximum Weight Subset

Thanks to neal for the additional editorial of this problem and providing the linear solution!

Tutorial
Solution (Vovuh, n^3)
Solution (PikMike, n^2)

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By vovuh, history, 4 years ago, translation, In English

UPD: Thanks to Daria nooinenoojno Stepanova, Mikhail awoo Piklyaev and Artem Rox Plotkin for help with round preparation!

UPD2: Editorial is published!

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Hello! Codeforces Round 595 (Div. 3) will start at Oct/22/2019 17:35 (Moscow time). You will be offered 6 or 7 problems (or 8) with expected difficulties to compose an interesting competition for participants with ratings up to 1600. However, all of you who wish to take part and have rating 1600 or higher, can register for the round unofficially.

The round will be hosted by rules of educational rounds (extended ACM-ICPC). Thus, during the round, solutions will be judged on preliminary tests, and after the round it will be a 12-hour phase of open hacks. I tried to make strong tests — just like you will be upset if many solutions fail after the contest is over.

You will be given 6 or 7 (or 8) problems and 2 hours to solve them.

Note that the penalty for the wrong submission in this round (and the following Div. 3 rounds) is 10 minutes.

Remember that only the trusted participants of the third division will be included in the official standings table. As it is written by link, this is a compulsory measure for combating unsporting behavior. To qualify as a trusted participants of the third division, you must:

  • take part in at least two rated rounds (and solve at least one problem in each of them),
  • do not have a point of 1900 or higher in the rating.

Regardless of whether you are a trusted participant of the third division or not, if your rating is less than 1600, then the round will be rated for you.

Thanks to MikeMirzayanov for the platform, help with ideas for problems and for coordination of my work. Thanks to my good friends Mikhail awoo Piklyaev, Maksim Neon Mescheryakov and Ivan BledDest Androsov for help in round preparation and testing the round.

Good luck!

I also would like to say that participants who will submit wrong solutions on purpose and hack them afterwards (example) will not be shown in the hacking leaders table.

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By vovuh, history, 4 years ago, In English

Suddenly, all problems expect A and D were invented by me. The author of A and D is MikeMirzayanov.

1234A - Equalize Prices Again

Tutorial
Solution

1234B1 - Social Network (easy version)

Tutorial
Solution

1234B2 - Social Network (hard version)

Tutorial
Solution

1234C - Pipes

Tutorial
Solution

1234D - Distinct Characters Queries

Tutorial
Solution

1234E - Special Permutations

Tutorial
Solution

1234F - Yet Another Substring Reverse

Tutorial
Solution
WA?

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By vovuh, history, 4 years ago, In English

UPD: Special thanks to Mikhail awoo Piklyaev for help with translation and problems discussing, Maksim Neon Mescheryakov for problems discussing, Artem Rox Plotkin, Daria nooinenoojno Stepanova and Tommy STommydx Li for testing the round!

UPD2: Editorial is published!

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Hello! Codeforces Round 590 (Div. 3) will start at Oct/01/2019 17:35 (Moscow time). You will be offered 6 or 7 problems (or 8) with expected difficulties to compose an interesting competition for participants with ratings up to 1600. However, all of you who wish to take part and have rating 1600 or higher, can register for the round unofficially.

The round will be hosted by rules of educational rounds (extended ACM-ICPC). Thus, during the round, solutions will be judged on preliminary tests, and after the round it will be a 12-hour phase of open hacks. I tried to make strong tests — just like you will be upset if many solutions fail after the contest is over.

You will be given 6 or 7 (or 8) problems and 2 hours to solve them.

Note that the penalty for the wrong submission in this round (and the following Div. 3 rounds) is 10 minutes.

Remember that only the trusted participants of the third division will be included in the official standings table. As it is written by link, this is a compulsory measure for combating unsporting behavior. To qualify as a trusted participants of the third division, you must:

  • take part in at least two rated rounds (and solve at least one problem in each of them),
  • do not have a point of 1900 or higher in the rating.

Regardless of whether you are a trusted participant of the third division or not, if your rating is less than 1600, then the round will be rated for you.

Thanks to MikeMirzayanov for the platform, help with ideas for problems and for coordination of my work. Thanks to my good friends Mikhail awoo Piklyaev, Maksim Neon Mescheryakov and Ivan BledDest Androsov for help in round preparation and testing the round.

Good luck!

I also would like to say that participants who will submit wrong solutions on purpose and hack them afterwards (example) will not be shown in the hacking leaders table.

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By vovuh, history, 5 years ago, In English

All problems except the problem F are invented by fcspartakm. The problem F idea belongs to BledDest.

1216A - Prefixes

Tutorial
Solution

1216B - Shooting

Tutorial
Solution

1216C - White Sheet

Tutorial
Solution 1
Solution 2

1216D - Swords

Tutorial
Solution

1216E1 - Numerical Sequence (easy version)

Tutorial
Solution

1216E2 - Numerical Sequence (hard version)

Tutorial
Solution

1216F - Wi-Fi

Tutorial
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By vovuh, history, 5 years ago, translation, In English

Hello everyone! This round will be a little bit special because it is composed from the problemset of Saratov school elimination stage to the all-russian olympiad of school students. The problems were invented and prepared by Alexander fcspartakm Frolov, Ivan BledDest Androsov and me, Vladimir vovuh Petrov. Good luck to everyone!

UPD: Thanks to Daria nooinenoojno Stepanova and Danila sad101010 Smirnov for testing!

UPD2: We will open solutions to view and start the hacking phase a little bit later because the school elimination stage is not over yet. We will open all in about two hours. Please don't discuss any solutions during next two hours.

UPD3: Now you can discuss problems.

UPD4: Editorial is published!

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Hello! Codeforces Round 587 (Div. 3) will start at Sep/21/2019 10:05 (Moscow time). You will be offered 6 or 7 problems (or 8) with expected difficulties to compose an interesting competition for participants with ratings up to 1600. However, all of you who wish to take part and have rating 1600 or higher, can register for the round unofficially.

The round will be hosted by rules of educational rounds (extended ACM-ICPC). Thus, during the round, solutions will be judged on preliminary tests, and after the round it will be a 12-hour phase of open hacks. I tried to make strong tests — just like you will be upset if many solutions fail after the contest is over.

You will be given 6 or 7 (or 8) problems and 2 hours to solve them.

Note that the penalty for the wrong submission in this round (and the following Div. 3 rounds) is 10 minutes.

Remember that only the trusted participants of the third division will be included in the official standings table. As it is written by link, this is a compulsory measure for combating unsporting behavior. To qualify as a trusted participants of the third division, you must:

  • take part in at least two rated rounds (and solve at least one problem in each of them),
  • do not have a point of 1900 or higher in the rating.

Regardless of whether you are a trusted participant of the third division or not, if your rating is less than 1600, then the round will be rated for you.

Thanks to MikeMirzayanov for the platform, help with ideas for problems and for coordination of my work. Thanks to my good friends Mikhail awoo Piklyaev, Maksim Neon Mescheryakov and Ivan BledDest Androsov for help in round preparation and testing the round.

Good luck!

I also would like to say that participants who will submit wrong solutions on purpose and hack them afterwards (example) will not be shown in the hacking leaders table.

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By vovuh, history, 5 years ago, In English

All ideas except the problem C belong to MikeMirzayanov.

1213A - Chips Moving

Tutorial
Solution

1213B - Bad Prices

Tutorial
Solution

1213C - Book Reading

Tutorial
Solution

1213D1 - Equalizing by Division (easy version)

Tutorial
Solution

1213D2 - Equalizing by Division (hard version)

Tutorial
Solution

1213E - Two Small Strings

Tutorial
Solution

1213F - Unstable String Sort

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1213G - Path Queries

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By vovuh, history, 5 years ago, translation, In English

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Hello! Codeforces Round 582 (Div. 3) will start at Aug/30/2019 17:35 (Moscow time). You will be offered 6 or 7 problems (or 8) with expected difficulties to compose an interesting competition for participants with ratings up to 1600. However, all of you who wish to take part and have rating 1600 or higher, can register for the round unofficially.

The round will be hosted by rules of educational rounds (extended ACM-ICPC). Thus, during the round, solutions will be judged on preliminary tests, and after the round it will be a 12-hour phase of open hacks. I tried to make strong tests — just like you will be upset if many solutions fail after the contest is over.

You will be given 6 or 7 (or 8) problems and 2 hours to solve them.

Note that the penalty for the wrong submission in this round (and the following Div. 3 rounds) is 10 minutes.

Remember that only the trusted participants of the third division will be included in the official standings table. As it is written by link, this is a compulsory measure for combating unsporting behavior. To qualify as a trusted participants of the third division, you must:

  • take part in at least two rated rounds (and solve at least one problem in each of them),
  • do not have a point of 1900 or higher in the rating.

Regardless of whether you are a trusted participant of the third division or not, if your rating is less than 1600, then the round will be rated for you.

Thanks to MikeMirzayanov for the platform, help with ideas for problems and for coordination of my work. Thanks to my good friends Mikhail awoo Piklyaev, Maksim Neon Mescheryakov and Ivan BledDest Androsov for help in round preparation and testing the round.

Good luck!

I also would like to say that participants who will submit wrong solutions on purpose and hack them afterwards (example) will not be shown in the hacking leaders table.

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UPD: Thanks to Artem Rox Plotkin for testing the round!

UPD2: Editorial is published!

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By vovuh, history, 5 years ago, In English

All ideas belong to MikeMirzayanov

1203A - Circle of Students

Tutorial
Solution

1203B - Equal Rectangles

Tutorial
Solution

1203C - Common Divisors

Tutorial
Solution

1203D1 - Remove the Substring (easy version)

Tutorial
Solution

1203D2 - Remove the Substring (hard version)

Tutorial
Solution

1203E - Boxers

Tutorial
Solution

1203F1 - Complete the Projects (easy version)

Tutorial
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1203F2 - Complete the Projects (hard version)

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By vovuh, history, 5 years ago, translation, In English

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Hello! Codeforces Round 579 (Div. 3) will start at Aug/13/2019 17:35 (Moscow time). You will be offered 6 or 7 problems (or 8) with expected difficulties to compose an interesting competition for participants with ratings up to 1600. However, all of you who wish to take part and have rating 1600 or higher, can register for the round unofficially.

The round will be hosted by rules of educational rounds (extended ACM-ICPC). Thus, during the round, solutions will be judged on preliminary tests, and after the round it will be a 12-hour phase of open hacks. I tried to make strong tests — just like you will be upset if many solutions fail after the contest is over.

You will be given 6 or 7 (or 8) problems and 2 hours to solve them.

Note that the penalty for the wrong submission in this round (and the following Div. 3 rounds) is 10 minutes.

Remember that only the trusted participants of the third division will be included in the official standings table. As it is written by link, this is a compulsory measure for combating unsporting behavior. To qualify as a trusted participants of the third division, you must:

  • take part in at least two rated rounds (and solve at least one problem in each of them),
  • do not have a point of 1900 or higher in the rating.

Regardless of whether you are a trusted participant of the third division or not, if your rating is less than 1600, then the round will be rated for you.

Thanks to MikeMirzayanov for the platform, help with ideas for problems and for coordination of my work. Thanks to my good friends Mikhail awoo Piklyaev, Maksim Neon Mescheryakov and Ivan BledDest Androsov for help in round preparation and testing the round.

Good luck!

I also would like to say that participants who will submit wrong solutions on purpose and hack them afterwards (example) will not be shown in the hacking leaders table.

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UPD: Editorial is published!

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